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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) He (Lord L. ) considered that he had now established the fact of the practice itt Ireland, and he defied the Noble Earl to re'u. e his posi tion. Ile should, therefore, conclude his observe:tions on that branch of the subject by referring the House to the words of Justice Blackstone, in further confirmation of his case. After referring to the case, as quoted in the reign of Henry VI , that profound lawyer end high Constitutional authority went on to make some remarks on the memorandums of that case. The Noble and Learned Lord read the opinion of Justice Blackstone. That was the opinion of Mr. Justice Blackstone in respect to sheriffs so appointed. Having shown this, he ( Lord Lynd hurst) had stated what he conceived to be the law of the lam! and the practice of the Constitution on the subject. Could it be denied that the subject was one of the grea'e,t conse quence. No one who looked to the nature of the duties which the office of high sheriff involved—who considered the influence the individual holding that office had upon the working of the Constitution, Cie execution of the laws, and the administra lion of justice—could deem it otherwise than of the most vital importance. Accordingly, from the earliest periods of the constitutional history of England it would be found that the power of the prerogative exercised is the creation of sheriffs had been uniformly objected to while the Constrution was in a healthy state. One of the articles of impeachment against Tressillian and Robert do Vere, Lord Justic,s, was altogether founded on the illegality of their appointreer,t of sheriffs. Again, in the time of Charles the Second, when a deputation of the citizens of Dublin (we believe) waited on Lord Keeper North to complain of the appointment of Sheriffs by the Royal prerogative, that the Noble and Learned Individual said to them—" You shall have your rights accord - ing to your charter, but if the King disapproves of your selection you shall then have a Commission to inquire into the matter." A Noble Lord in the other House whose writ ings he (Lord Lyndhurst) admired for the soundness of their principles, as much as he disapproved of his practise in the matters of which he treated, in them considered " that by that Act the Throne completed its victory over the people.".._ ( Hear, hear,) In the time of James the Second also an at tempt was made to nominate the Sheriffs, and in that alempt the Crown was successful in every county in Ireland save and except Donegal. How the matter was di.feated there was not a matter connected with the subject in hand, and, there fore, he should not further allude to it. But it was in writing to this day the intrigues which then took place to make all the High Sheriffs of the country out of the Roman Catholic party. When the lists were made out they were handed to a person in the confidence of the Crown ; and on being noted by him with notes respecting the claim of the individual on the score of religion nud politics, they were then transmitted to the King. They underwent another examination, and were noted again by the Kin , and his ad visers, and then they were returned to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. From the lists so prepared the Sheriffs were ap pointed. There were some curious notes on them still in ex istence, and he ( Lord Lyndhurst) would with permission read a few of them for their Lordships :- 4. Wicxnow.—Si r Robert Kennedy, if to be judged by his intimates, extremely Whiggish.—( Laughter.) Answer.— An honest gentleman, descended from loyal pasents. In the usurper's time, sufferers for their loyalty--himself an active Justice of the Peace. " KING'S COUNTY. --Edward Bagot, reputed dishonest, but loyal. Answer.—Very loyal, though once questioned for favouring Tories—(L aug hter)—but acquitted, some thinking him to be a Roman Catholic.—(A laugh.) " FERMANAGH.-Sir Michael' Cole,iseakand Whiggish. (Great laughter.) Answer.--A sober, loyal gentleman, and no bustling man—(Laughter)—but of a very good under standing, aad no Whig."—Laughter.) " DunLlN.—Henry Fernby, a weak man and Whiggish.— . (Great laughter.) Answer.:-A quiet, sober, ingeniotis man. —(Laughter.) A ver y goo d J ust i ce of the Peace, of very loyal principles —so far from being a Whig that he is a con stant Church of England man."—(Great laughter.) These were some of the objections made in those bad times to obtain the appointment of sheriffs by the Crown for the undisgui se d p urpose o f controlling the course of jus tice, vitiating the law, and overturning the Constitution.— (Hear.) It was a singular coincidence, and one very remark able in many more ways than one, that one of the gravest charges against a Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sir Constan tine Phipps—(Laughter, and cheers)—an ancestor he (Lord Lyndhurst) also believed of the Noble Earl, was the illegal appointment of sheriffs—( Herr, hear)—nay more, it actually formed the s u bj ec t o f a reso l ut i on passe d aga i nst hi m in the House of Commons.—( Cheers, and laughter.) Ho (Lord Lyndhurst) did not in anything he said on the subject mean' to impute the least impropriety of motive to the acts of the Noble Earl; on the contrary, he had no doubt that in all the N o bl e E ar l h a d d one h e h a d ac t e d, in his own opinion, fairly, properly, and consistently. It was to the results of the Noble Earl's actions, and not with the mo tives, that he objected. The Noble Earl had told the House on a former occasion that he never appointed a High Sheriff in Ireland from political motives or with any private views, and the House was bound to believe him. But what had the Noble Earl done in point of fact ? He had, on the best au thority which could be adduced on the subject, appointed se veral men in a perfectly illegal manner. All he ( Lord Lynd hurst) wished for was to have the facts laid before the country ; all he wished for was to know on what grounds these proceed ings had taken place. It was a grave subject, involving many most important considerations. It had been said on a former occasion that a precedent existed to justify the acts of the Noble Earl in that respect; and a case was quoted then which occurred in the time of the Duke of Northumberland's Viceroyalty as parallel with them. But what was that case, and how stood the facts? Thus. The son of the then Chief Baron (o:Grady) had a fierce election contest for a county for which his father had the return of the Sheriffs in the ordinary routine of his duty as a Judge. .The return was made in due course by him ; but in such an excited state of party feeling it was foreseen that it would be objected to, and that the High Sheriff, if appointed from either the three names it contained, might he subject to the charge of partiality. In short, it was anticipated that an undue exercise of his authority to influence the election of his relative would be charged against the Chief Baron The Duke of Northum berland, on being informed of these facts, set aside the list fur nished him by the Chief Baron, and, on his own authority, appointed a gentleman not mentioned by any party instead of those named in that document. To prove, however, that pru dence and partiality dictated the proceeding, and, in order that there might not he even the shadow of cause for aspersion of the motives of the Government, the Noble Duke appointed an individual who was diametrically opposed in political opinions to the party who then held 'power in the State. That these motives were the true ones which actuated the Noble Duke in that proceeding there could be no doubt, and that they were dictated by the purest intentions as little doubt could be entertained. Another case alluded to had oc curred under the Administration of the Marquis Wellesley, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but he (Lord Lyndhurst) was not accurately acquainted with all the particulars, and there fore lie could found no argument on it. He (Lord Lynd hurst) rested his case for a Committee on the broad pi ineiple contained in the undisputed fact that, in more than twenty cases within the three years of the Noble Earl's Government of Ireland, the Judges' List had been altogether passed over, contrary to the express letter of the law —contrary to imme morial usage--and contrary to the principles of the Consti tution. There was another case in connection with the admi nistration of justice which bore upon the Noble Earl's appoint ment of Mr. Kenny to the office of High Sheriff of Monaghan. , —(llen., hear, hear.) It was a case involving the right to a valuable watercourse, in which the panics interested had gone to great expense. The attendance of the High Sheriff was necessary at a particular part of the proceedings ; but in consequence of the Noble Earl's superseding Mr. Coote and appointing Mr. Kenny, it was impossible for that func tionaryto give his attendance at the proper time, and thus the suit was stopped, and the case turned over to the next Assizes, to the great chagrin and incalculable expense of the parties to it. There was another case, likewise, which bore upon it equally strong. When the County Assizes were held at Cavan, the question was raisei as to the appointment of Mr. Kenny, in connection with the legality of the Grand Jury. The Noble Earl had said the other night, "As to the question of law, the .Judges decided that the appointment of Mr. Kenny was perfectly valid." He ( Lord Lyndhurst) had heard it with his own ear:, and also from other organs—the Morning Chronicle, and similar vehicles of intelligence. But the Noble Earl, in his opinion, should be a little more cau tious of communicating such intelligence. The Judges had never decided that it was legal. There was a question le sporting the challenge of the array; but even that was not de cided, for the Judges postponed their decision to give time for a writ of error. When the Noble Lord raid that the Judges had decided that the appointment was legal, lie stated that which was not exactly the fact, for both were of a contrary opinion. The late Chief Baron Joy, a Judge of the highest integrity and greatest learning, had expressed his decided opinion to the contrary in a correspondence with the Noble Earl. He ( Lord Lyndhurst) had the opinion of that Learned Judg e i n hi s h an d s — an op i n i on w hi c h cou ld not be cxe eded by that of any man at the Bar—and it was diametrically op posite to the fact as stated by the Noble Earl. Haw, indeed, the Noble Earl could ever have stated that the Judges de eidCd in favour of the legality of the appointment, looking at that document, he ( Lord I, , ,indhur,t) could not conceive. The Earl of MULG RAVE had never stated that the Judges decided in favour of the legality of the app ,intrrient ; he had only said that Mr. Justice Burton decided on - the le gality of the array. Lord L YNDII UR ST had not so understood the Noble Earl. The Earl of AWL GR AVE said that, having denied the accuracy of the statement, and informed the Noble P 11 ( 1 Learned Lord of what he had actually said, the Noble and Learned Lord was nit in order in p.-n,isting in his assertion. Lord LYN I) H VEST sa id t h at a l l he could s say was that the Lord Chief Baron Joy and Mr. Justice Burton mere b.lh of opinion that the appointment of Shetilfs by the Noble Earl was illegal. The Noble Lord concluded by moving—. That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 'Twi ner in which Sheriffs were alm6inted in the counties of Ire land in 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1838, and to report thereon to the House." The Earl of M LILO RAVE said, in regard to • the appoint ment of Sheriffs in Ireland he bad Oven his very best consideration to the subject ; he had obtained the highest legal advice to guide him, and he had given thlt advice quite as much examination as he was capable of. Before he proceeded farther ho would, however, say one word on the sub ject of the Noble Lord's motion. It was only two months since that the Noble Lord had put a notice on the books of the House for a return of the number t , f prisoners in Afonaghan gaol be fore and after the last Assizes. The Noble Lord had many op portunities of c:taminintr into the grounds of the motion up to Very last moment when he ( Earl Mulgrave) could obtain in telligence from Ireland that he bad abandoned his motion, and 0 0 a profession of fairness, adopted the one before the House. How far that profeesien k'sai consistent with the Noble Lord's practice '3.51W, (the Earl of Mulgrave) went on, he would have to point out to the House. He (the Earl of Mulgrave) beggcd.of their Lordships to consider the nature of the mo tion of the Noble Lord, It was to the effect that the Govern ment of Ireland had done something to impede the course of justice in Ireland, to thwart the Inn., and to overturn the Con stitution—to let the guilty go free, to condemn the innocent, to oppress the liberties of the country. Such was the nature of the Noble and Learned Lord's motion, and yet the Noble and Learned Lord---sone of the first lawyers in the kiegdom, one of the best criminal Judges on the bench—founded it on a mere newspaper report that Monaghan gaol was not de livered. And, then, when he found the futility of his informa tion, he made the motion before the House. It might be with a view of fairness that the Noble Lord withdrew the one mo tion and substituted the other; but to him (the Earl of Mu . _ grave) it looked marvellously like a desire on the part of the Noble Lord to get himself out of a difficulty, because he fore saw the return would not answer the object he had in contem plation. And here he (the Esrl of Mulgrave) felt bound to say that the Noble Lord was not only unfair in his argument, but irregular in the course he had taken, in referring, first, to a former debate; secondly, in reading a newspaper report ; and thirdly, in net taking th e s t a t ement o f t h e exact words used by him (the Earl of Mulgrave) in preference to those on which he founded his argument. Now, what was the case ? The Noble Marquis opposite had raised the question as to the illegality of the grand jury on the Irish Poor-law Bill. That body Mr. Justice Burton had decided 'was perfectly legal. He (the Earl of Mulgrave) did not say that Chief Baron Joy had given any opinion on the subject ; indeed, he could not, for that Learned Baron had left the town. He had made no allusion whatever to him. The Noble Lord had stated how the sheriffs in Ireland should be appointed, but he (the Earl of Mulgravd) apprehended that by the sth and 6th of William IV., cap. 50, the Act referred to by the Noble Lord was superseded. He (the Earl of Mulgrave) was quite sure that Mr. Coote had not served on this Grand Jury; but the Noble Marquis had so positively assured him of it that he was quite staggered in his belief until he had made farther inquiry, and found that he was right. But, whatever might be said of that, the act of suspendinss a High Sheriff was a strong one, and required a special justification. No grounds except the public service and the peace of the country would be sufficient to warrant it. In his allusion to this case he should include the circumstance of the appointment of the Sub-Sheriff. The Sub-Sheriff of a county was charged with a most important and onerous duty in the present state and condition of Ireland. It was found in one case that the Sub-Sheriff was the apprentice to an attorney, and therefore could not be a free agent. Under these circum. stances he was objected to, and was not appointed. Mr. Howley, who made the appointment, repudiated the obsi r. vations of Colonel Perceval in another place on the subject. The next case was that of James Gray. It was intimated to the Executive that this person was only nineteen years of age, and a letter was addressed to the High Sheriff on the subject. The answer to it was that his father, Mr. Samuel Gray, of Ballibay, a most notorious person in that part of the country, was appointed to the office of sub-sheriff in his stead. Now, independent of the impropriety of appointing a person, known as a partisan, and so notorious throughout the country, there was another objection, which should be in itself sufficient to prevent his appointment, namely, that he was a publican, and in that capacity could not be supposed to know any thing of law—an essential qualification in a sub-sheriff. That circum stance in itself would be sufficient to supersede him in the office. He would now come to the graver and more important question—the custom of Ireland, in respect to the ex. tent of jurisdiction which the Lord Lieutenant possessed over the selection and appointment of sheriffs. The Noble and Learned Lord had quoted the Statutes 7th of Edward the Second and 14th of Edward the Third, which regulated finally that office in England, and he had applied them as if they had also been always observant in Ireland. Now, what was the fact ? That, so far from the case being in point, he could assure their Lordships, upon the authority of the first lawyers in Ireland, that those Statutes had not been in force in that country, and that, from the fact of the position in which Ireland was placed at the period of the passing of those Acts, and for along time subsequently, it was absolutely impossible that they could have been in operation. The terms of those Statutes were inapplicable to the then existing state of Ireland. Officers were named and regulations alluded to which could not then have application to that country. The Noble Lord then proceeded to refer to some old legal authority respect ing the appointment of sheriffs, and to answer Lord Lyndhurst's arguments on this branch of the question. The Noble and Learned Lord had alluded to an Act passed for the purpose of assimilating the law and usages of England and Wales at a very distant period. Such an Act, certainly, held good in the case of England and Wales, but no such Act had been passed with respect to England and Ireland, and therefore the Act alluded to could not be held as any authority upon the subject. He (Lord Mulgrave) should not repeat what he stated two years ago with reference t 3 the contrast between the customs in both countries. He had been at that time misunderstood in the expressions he used. What he had said was that there was no meeting ofthe Judges or the persons connected with the Executive upon the subject of the appoint ment and selection of the sheriffs after the selection. What he had said was, that in Ireland there was no meeting of the Judges analogous to the meeting of the English Judges in the Exche quer Chamber. There was no such meeting in Ireland, and he was fully borne out in again saying that the proceedings in Ireland were in no way nor in any time analogous. Nothing could be more distinct than all the customs connected with the subject. The Noble and Learned Lord had quoted a letter of Lord Clarendon's with reference to the question to which he was referring. He ( Lord Mulgrave) was sorry that the Noble and Learned Lord bad not referred to another letter of Lord Clarendon's, which went directly to show that a simi larity of customs was, at the time that letter was written, by no means established.--[Here the Noble Lord read an extract from one of Lord Clarendon's letters, showing that the course interfering with the selection of the Sheriffs had then been adopted to a certain extent, and saying that persons of all parties and of different religions, who were best able to give information upon the subject, had been indiscrimi. nately referred to, in order to make out the lists.] Here was the practice, as described by Lord Clarendon, exactly similar to what had been since so loudly complained of ; it furnished irrefragable testimony that the Lord Lieutenant had inter fered in the fullest extent, where be thought the . , lists were not sufficient either from the fact of the necessary inquiries not having been made from the Sheriffs or from any other cause, such as naming persons unfitted by their station or their avocations from fulfilling the most important office of High Sheriff. In such cases interference had taken place merely to remedy the evils that should necessarily result from acting upon lists so made out. The Noble and Learned Lord would not dispute that for so long a period as forty years there had been in Ireland, a complete departure from the custom of England—a departure to such an extent as called fur the in terference of the Secretary ( Mr. Peel) —an interference which had been productive of the best effects, and which highly me rited the ponegyric passed upon it by the Noble and Learned Lord. He would now refer to some of the corres pondence which took place in Ireland with reference to the change effected at the suggestion of Mr. Peel, and that correspondence would be found to 1 car him out fully in his statement, that great difference of custom ha 1 existed.—[ lere the Noble Lord read two letters from Mr. Gregory, dated Dublin Castle. They were me re ly de claratory of the intention, which was immediately after car rie l into effect, to resume the old mode of proceeding with re gard to the influence of the Judges upon the nomination of the Sheriffs, which had necessarily been put aside during the rebellion, and for a considerable re iod afterwards.] Now he would proceed to the main question, which, however import ant it might be in its effects, was very narrow and single. The question was - whether or not he had done anything with re spect to his interference with the appointment of sheriffs which had not been done on the same grounds by almost every Viceroy who had pr ece d e d hi m , at r iceast for a considerable number of years. This was .the real question, and to this he would now apply himself. He had before him a list of the cases in which Viceroys immediately preceding him had intefered ; and he was enabled from that retorts to assure their Lordships that every Lord Lieutenant in Ireland had without reserve in terfered with the appointment of the Sheriffs, when he fund it tending to be conducive to the public advantage, and fleet this was not at all confined to him (Lord Mulgrave), notwith standing the motion of the Noble and Learned Lord. In 1822, during the viceroyalty of the Marquis of Wellesley, Mr. Thomas Jones had been appointed Sheriff, although his name had not been upon the Judges' lists. In 1825 the list for Clare county had been rejected ; in the Queen's County a similar rejection had taken place, Mr. Walsh having been ap pointA, although- his name was not upon the list ; in 182: 5 , doling the government of Lords Justices, in the absence of a Viceroy, another gentleman, whose name was not upoe the list, had been appointed ; then, again, there was the cese of Limerick county. He (Lord Mulgrave) was unable to obtain a more complete list, in consequence of the shortness of the notice which he had received, but the cases he hal cited would, he was confident, be found quite sufficient to convince their Lordships that the same course which he had pursued had always been adopted, when, in order to the !midic ad vantage, it was found necessary to effect any changes in the list. The reaso n whirls had alive) s influenced these ebareses was that which in'his ( Lord Mulgrave's) opinion was a most necessary one, namely, the expediency of the case, for it, was quite palpable that the list required to be perfect, in order to effect the advantages which the law had calculated. It was expediency which influenced the conduct of the Duke of Northumberland ; and he trusted their Lordships would see that he had, in his interference with the Shrievaltv, retest upon the same grounds. During the first year of his Vieeroyalty an order had been issued its consequence of some proceedings which had taken place in the House of Commor. , that no member of a secret Society should be selcc'ed to fil: any office of trust. A gentleman to whom this objection ap plied, according to the information he ( Lord Mulgrave) bad received, was named upon the Judgea' List for the ensuing rear, and he was accordingly eeruck off. He meant fir. Franck Leigh, of Resegarland, in the county of Wexford. He had afterwards ascertained t h at h e had been m i s i n f orme d with respect to Mr. Leigh, and the consequence of his ascer taining that was the appointment of Mr. Leigh to the office of Shesiff. In some cases where the Judges refused to con sult the Sheriffs with respect to the appointment of their sec- . e essors the greatest inconve n i ence arose from the want of sufficient information, and this Ives one of thks reasons why it had beers deemed expedient to muter fore with the lists they furnished in those cases where the Judges departed from the rule laid Clown in consequence of the application maile by Mr. Peel when Chief Secretary for Ireland. Without con sul•ines the Sheriffs it was very difficulty to obt.tin the names of this three wrest fitting persons, fer it was quite impossible that the Jades could possess the variety and extent of local knowledge which would be respired in order to the construc tion of a perfect lint; and in every case where he (Lord Mal grace) had interfered with the list he had done so upon the advice of those well aequa nted with the law and the practic in Ireland, and never upon any other than what he deemed the most legal and sufficient grounds. It had alwa: s been under stood thee. the Crown had this tight, and he should again sae that froth the rature of Many taate It si a power caleulate: , to produce advantage. In any case where he had interfere , he was able to furnish their Lordships with a reason for his having dens so.' In some cases he bad been blamed for the opposite conduct to that which the motiot. of the Noble and Learned Lord referred; but he h d alwar acted upon the tame principle. In the case of Mr Feather stone it had been objected that it would be injurious to the a iministration of justice if he were appointed to the county of Lengford ; but he did not think the cause sufficient. In ano ther case,—the King's county—he had the greatest diffieulty in getting the son of Sir Charles Coote to consent to becom: Sheriff. That gentleman was abroad at the time his name was selected, and it was after much exertion, an-I writing the most pressing letters to him, that he (the Earl of slulgray. ) was enabled to prevail upon him to consent to the appoint ment. Yet in this case the people were anxious far the ap pointment of Mr. Gale instead of Mr. Coote. He bad al ways acted under the best legal advice he could obtain, and, as regarded inquiry, if their Lordships thought it was neces sary, he had not the least objection to it. If it was intended by such inquiry to assimilate the custom to that of England, he thought it would be calculated to produce much good. If their Lordships did decide upon an inquiry, he trusted they would also inquire into the great power and discretion at pre sent vested in the sub- Sheriff in Ireland. to whom was com mitted nearly all the power of the High Sheriff. In his opi nion it would tend materially to the advantage of Ireland if that discretionary power were lessened in a considerable degree. L(rd BROUGHAM wished that the defence of the con duct of the Government had not been left to the Noble Lord who had last addressed them, and that his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack had delivered his opinion upon the subject. The subject was one peculiarly calling for the ex pression of a legal opinion. The Noble Earl, in defending himself from the charge implied by the motion to him rer sonally, did not, as far as he (Lord Brougham) understood. touch upon the law points involved in the question, whi c h, h e might naturally think better suited to another quarter. He had not, therefore, grappled with the charges of legal and con stitutional d6partures from the law so ably brought against him by his Noble and Learned Friend opposite ( Lord Lyndhurst). He (Li rd Brougham), when he w it.nessed the course of de fence adopted by the Noble Earl, had expected that he would be followed with a reference, in a legal point of view, from some authority better calculated for the task.--( Hear, bear, hear.) Taking his premises and the context, he could not imagine that any other line would be followed, and he was, therefore, pretty confident that he would be followed by one of those great luminaries of the law, either his Noble and Learned Friend upon the woolsack or the Noble and Learned Lord behind him, who was not only a luminary of the law in Ireland, but its efficient expounder; and his expectation was the rather that his Noble Friend had, with a manly frank ness, at once addressed himself to as much of the motion as he thought applied to him personally, and left undefended those constitutional departures which he had been charged with by the Noble and Learned Lord who introduced the motion. He was not, howeever, the only person responsible for the con duct of the Irish Government. He had acted advisedly, and these who gave him the advice upon which he acted being clearly as responsible, it was but just to expect they would t ike a part in the defence of the conduct which the Noble Earl had pursued, and that those dark passages in the Irish Government would not be left for explanation entirely to the Noble Earl, but that his Noble Friend behind him (Lord Flunket) would also come forward, to join in the de fence of conduct with which he was so intimately connected that even yet he (Lord Brougham) should not be astonished at seeing him move forward, and in the language of their pro fession he would only say, God send him a good deliverance. _( Laughter.) He should regard him as much upon his defence as the Noble Earl who had just sat down, who was his co-defendant, and who would naturally leave the legal de fence to his Noble Friend behind him, of whom lie could at present say " Nil dicit." Lord PLUNKETT—Have no apprehension upon that subject. Lord BROUGHAM continued: What he meant was the (licit at a proper time, and though his Noble Friend looked es cunning as he looked merry, yet he trusted at the conclusion he would be as merry as he was now.—( Laughter.) He would tell him why he looked so cunning—he intended to indulge in grumbling, and con. elude with agreeing to the appointment of a Committee. But he (Lord Brougham) could tell him that an irrcfragable case had been made out against him by his Noble and Learned Friend, and how far that had been shaken by the defence of the Noble Earl he would not say. Previously to this evening he thought it was a case affecting merely a Sheriff in Mona ghae_he h a d no id ea th at t h e pr i v i leges and rights of the Irish people were so intimat e ly concerned as h e now saw they were. He most cordially acquitted the Noble Earl of such an intention, but be should say that such was the fact, and as such he felt deeply interested in it, for he always felt that, it was the duty of Government to hold the balance equally between the parties, and give to the Irish peo ple the same privileges as the English, for they were not aliens; and he saidthis in allusion to his Noble Friend 'Oppo site, who it had been said had used some expressions of a similar nature, but he was not a person to imagine that the nominal weight of anything said in debate was to be taken as if it were of the true standard—that the Irish people deserved to be treated as British subjects. If the law with regard to the appointment of Under-Sheriffs was in reality different with respect to tine two countries, another session ought not to be allowed to pass without the introduc tion of a Bill to assimilate the law in the two countries. For his own part he was not in a position to speak as to that part of the subject, having heard only a one sided statemest— ( Hear, hear)—and he had yet to derive the advantage of the light which would assuredly be thrown upon the subject b t the enwps was the st:gbeef contrary,rom found ß i tkoviis wasut after fni c ito o ,:ys n ra t iwthjrhaul nalis.cueit having h), bir)ayaiedt by his Noble and Learned Friend behind him (Lord Plunket? The view which he ( Lord Brougham) took of the question . had for its support the authority of Coke of Piinden, - and was; m i ns p sim o na r :o t yn e . d b not, as far as he was aware, disputed by any of the nuthorities. een read to their Lordships. If further assurance were wanted, h w e s made d st referat u t t a. ' r . y e n It law for a long period previously. It was common . law as far back as the time of the Plantagenets. The Noble and Learned Lord then alluded to several old legal authoritie s on the subject. The authorities were abundant to show that the appoi. tinent of Sheriffs ought not to be either in the Lord Chenceller or in in the most the Crown; but that the recommendation should conic from the common law Judges, who were neeesssrily best acquainted with the persons most likely to perform the dirat ea efficient manner. Inn fact they wire the proper servants and chic, rs of the Courts, and it was their pecul:ar duty to comply with and fulfil the mandates given to them: by the Judges. been tel,Si thatestifhag esenaeesclvtici toe: Hawkins. It was not to the Lord Chancellor c r the Master of the Rolls that application should be made with respect to the appoint meet of Sheriff', but to the Judges of the common law Courts, and mote especially to the Loa' Chief Justi ce of the not Court w 'sßetnirse+, Sheriff's, and n a d u iiente latter did f M all ea ses to give t iostsff a n d underling, directions e" to l com ply in any psrticu!ar with these directions they rre empowered to attach them. Indeed they were a s much under the control of the Judges as the me s of the Court. If such were not the law of Irela n d h e had no hesitation in saying th at it ou ght to be.—(h ea r, hear.) Such, however, was the pra c ti ce , and had been so fr om t h e time of the Tudors It most p ro b a bly was also the l aw and practice of Ireland, and if other w i se , the law in the t wo countries ought to be identified a t once . A s t o any argument to be de rived from the comm onness o f t h e prac ti ce , if t h e law and the vrat in tice were at varian ce h e wou ld on l y any comunis error n il jocit jus. This, - howev er , was not t h e case , f or Si r R. Peel extinguished the . error, an d restore d t h e o ld and the legal practice. T o say t h at the practice had b een pursued by va rious Lords Li e ut enant ma d e no argument. The question before their Lord s hi ps was one of great i mportance, and they were bound to a C c t h at t h e Government should most strictly abstain from any interference with the admi nistr:tien of justice. It was purely their Lordships' pro vince,.- as the highest Court of Appeal, to attend to any complaint mating to the mal-administration of justice. It eat peculisrly ther province to see that the stream of jus tice fl twed purely, and should not be tainted by any pollut ing influence, nor crossed by anything which would corrupt or contaminate it. —( Hear, hear.) It was th e i r moat sacred and highest duty to see that its sacred fountain should flow in a de tr and transparent stream, without any admixture, hrough impute and secret sluices, which would sully or Odic" it with the contaminating influence of personal, political, sec tarian, or factious feeling. It was enough for him that there was a possibility--a bare possibility—of those f r ightful con sequences. They were to legislate fur times when other men might sway •the sceptre, and other hands hold the scales. They we-c to legislate prospectively. Not that those who had d ine such things through mistake were likely to repeat them intentionally ; they were incapable of acting from a bad motive---but legislation, at least investigation, was called for, to present what was now done innocently , being repeated in a worse time, and by o th er men gu il t il y and op- Pre , ;sively.—( H o a r ," hear, hem., and loud cheers- ) It was the feet of the administration of justice being above all taint that entitled a Gov:run - tent to the people's respect.—( Hear, beer.) Hi ;yould farther than t hi s—he would a ffirm that if in one scale they put a ll the benefit s t h at t h e peop l e could de rive from the best Governme n t, an d another the s i m ple word " justice"—justice pure and undefiled not accidentally pure, but constantly kept so by example and inquiry, and by every safeguard placed aroutul those for whom it was administered ; his would say, that if all the bent fits they could c onfer on a people were put in one scale, and such justice as he had described in the other, the heeded scale would inevitably fly up and kick the beam.—(Cheers.) Such justice kept society together, it softened the fury of all factions, it pre sented rebellion, it p ac ifi e d diecontent, and made impossible and futile any , attempt to produce any effectual resistance to Government. They might be assured that it was not more true that the sun shone at noon day than tt at while Govern meet kt pt she administration of justice pure and uncontami_ tested they need never dread the feelings of their subjects could ever lye estrang-A from th em —( H ear , h ea r.) But then pure it sh o uld he k e p t , and if inquiry were refused through any false delicacy towards i n di v id uals, or un d er t h e protection of any legal quibbles, then might they give up all pretensions to dispensing justi ce t o the Irish people.—( Hear.) All their Municipal-Bills—all their 'Tithe -Acts—emasculated as they were by tine omission of the appropriation elause—( Cheer s) would be completely nugatory.—( Hear, hear.) If they re fused this inquiry they would be guilty of a dereliction of their duty to themselves, and would completely alienate the affec tions of their Irish fellow-cop trymen.—( Cheers.) Lord PL UNKE T felt that none would think he had acted unwisely in reserving himself until after the Speech ilfthe No ide and Learned Lord who had just sat down, as it was more than could be expected from a man of ordinary nerves to ex poe himself to such a reply.--( Hear, hear.) But even his silence fled net protected him from animadversion. When he looked ttt' ititis he *at stigrbetieed as canning ; and when he, yielding io did Ptlit ere of fidiettle possessed by his No ble Friend, ventured to smile, hkr wels et cased of being unseemingly merry. In fact he did not kniew concitu t himself to escape his Noble and Learned Friend, who, to do him justice, seldom stopped to diser;minate be tween friend end foe.--( A laugh.) He felt with his Noble and Learned Friend that the proper administra tion of justice was a matter of vital importance to all, and to none more than those who acne considered its proper guardians, and therefore he thought that his Noble ar.d Learned Friend's apology fur coming forward as its advocate was totally unnecessary. The Noble and Learned Lord op posite had in the present instance departed completely from his original motion. His original motion was for a retort of the number of persons confined in the gaol of Monaglein be fore and after the Asizes. The Noble and Learned Lord, when making the motion, was under the impression that the improper interference of the Lord Lieutenant had been inju rious to the persons to be tried at that Assize ; but he after wards found that none of the apprehended bad consequences had ensued, as the Judges kaving overruled the challenge of the array, not a single cause was left undisposed of.— ( Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances, he thought it would have been more manly of the Noble and Learned Lord to have withdrawn his original motion, and to have entered a new due for a general inquiry, as it certainly took from the value of his motion to find him now substituting a second subject when he found that he could not maintain the first. The fact was, that his Noble Friend at the head of the Irish Goverement had never neglected the recemnienda thin of the Judges ; he had only refused to make it the rule of appointment. He (Lord Plunket) should not rest this on his mere assertion, but should quote a letter which had been sent by the Lord Lieutenant's Secretary in answer to one received from Chief Baron Joy. The question between the Lord Lieu tenant and the Chief Baron was, whether the Lord Lieutenant was bound to attend to the recommendation of the outgoing • Sheriff. The ordinary practice in Ireland was that the out going Sheriff should return their names, which names shouid be considered by the Judges in the Exchequer Chamber. The Chief Baron said ." He thought not only that the Sheriff ought not to be consulted, but that he was the person above all others that should be aroided." What was the answer of the Lord Lieutenant? " His Excellency wished not to be misunderetoed, or thought to question the right of the Judges to submit a list. Whenever such list should be presented he would peruse and consult it with an anxious desire to make it his final guide." This, in his opinion, was a perfectly feir course.—( Hear, hear.) By suc h con d uct h e did not thiek that the Noble Earl had rendered himself liable to the animadversions of his Noble and Learned Friend. His conduct was justified by the first legal authority. The argu ment of the Noble and Learned Lord who introduced the mo tion rested entirely on the. English statutes of Edward the Se cond and Third. He (Lord Plunket) was not disposed to go into the working of those statutes in England—tint bed no thing to do with the argument. By them the right of ap pointment was vested in the people, but popular election was found inconvenient, and the Legislature found it neces sary to correct it. But in Ireland the right of the Crown to interfere had never been called into question ; even the Lord Chief Baron, who had been quoted, admitted the right of the Lord Lieutenant, and on going into Louth, and findin that his list had been rejected, he never made any objection, and it was not until two months after that he raised the ques tion about the statutes of Edward. He (Lord Plunket) did not therefore think the facts of questioning the influence in Ireland of these statutes of Edward should expose his Noble Friend to an accusation of levity.—( Hear, hear.) Ile took it upon himself to say that ever since the 10th of Henry the Seventh the Crown had taken upon itself the appointment of Sheriffs in Ireland. It was his firm opinion that Poyning's law had no influence on the appointment of Sheriffs. It would be monstrous to say that every English Act of Parliament should be transferred to Ireland—Acts, many of which, from the local circumstances of the country, could never have been carried into operation. At what period the right of appointing Sheriffs was first claimed by the Judges it would not be easy to ascertain ; the right in fact had been claimed by many persons and had become liable to much abuse—so much so that in 1816 Sir John Newport declared his intention of bringing the matter before Parliament ; and the present Sir Robert Peel, as a remedy, signified his intention of resorting to the ancient practice to remedy the abuse. But what abuse? Were there any on the part of the Crown ? No such thing.--( Hear ) He ( Lord Plunket) had had the honour to be in the House at the time Sir Robert Peel introduced the subject, and he heard that Gentleman state that it was the grievance of jobbers, of intri g uing county Members, that h a d cause d h i m to propose the change.—[The Noble and Learned Lord here read ex tracts from !deers from Mr. Gregory to Lord Manners, from Mr. Peel to the Chief Justice, and from Lord Whitworth to the Judges, directing them to require the Sheriffs, according to the ancient practice, to send in lists of the persons qualified to be their successors.] None of these letters disputed the right of the Lord Lieutenant to depart from such list if he thought fit, or if he saw that persons qualified to serve had been omitted. He must now advert to a topic alluded to by his Noble and Learned Friend ( Lord Brougham). That Noble Lord had referred to the opinion of theChiefJustice of Ireland. Now, it was not necessary to enter into a lengthened argument to prove that the opinion of that learned individual was of importance —no person was more competent to give a sa tisfactory opinion ; but in this matter his experience had been but short, and that experience was all the Chief Jus rice seated. Another argument of his Noble and Learned Friend was the fact of the Irish Judges making their selection of sheriff, in the Exchequer Chamber. He ( Lord Plunket) would venture to suggest an argument. It might not at first sight appear that the difference between the English and Inipractice was important, but on investigation it would be fo , uln i : r d t, so.whtobeerens in In lrlm England wastlle selection wasmvaatde(foa e ._ in i public r Court , hear.) This showe I that it never could have been intended to a ssimilate the practice in England and Ireland. Another mint to be remembered that the Chancellor alludes to in Povning's case teas, not the Lord Chancellor, but the Chan-, cellor of the Exchequer ; so that if the doctrine of the Noble and Learned Lord held, not a single appointment that had been made since the 10th of Henry the Seventh was legal. After some further legal argument the Noble and Learned Ler I concluded by saying that he (Lord Plunket) was quite ready, whatever came of it, to share the responsibility of these a ppointments and removals with his Noble Friend the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lords Brougham, Lyndhurst, and Plunket, and the Earl of Alulgrave severally explained. Lord ABINGER said that the question divided itself into two branches—first, whether the Noble Earl had a right to a ppoint to the office of High Sheriff; and, s.econdly, whether he had acted with prudence supposing he had such • right. He (Lord •Abinger) denied that he had the right of appointment. But at all events even if he had, the pru dence of passing over the I - et:online idatioes of the judges up wards of twenty times in three years was. to say the least of i t, s o very que:.tionable as to afford • sufficient grounds for a Commit cc of Inquiry. Under all the circumstances he (Lord Abinger) felt that if ever there was a case w hi ch called for i n quiry it WAS the present ; and, therefore, he should suopott the notion of his Noble and Learned Ffend. The LORD ,CHANCELLOR said, as the motion of the Noble Baron went'on the gr , und of illegality, lie (the Lord Chancellor) should address himself entirely to it. From the earliest period r.f the constitutional history of Irelaed the in staires we re most numerous in which S:ieritis appointed either by the Executive or a person appointed by it. A prac tice, however. grew up cf consulting the judges as to the fitness of the iAividna!s, which ended in taking their lists of those competent to the c ffico. A great difference existed bet‘a een the practice and a positive right of the Crown to no minate Sheriffs. From 1779 to 1816 that practice was discon tinued, and it was only restored by Sir Robert Peel as a prac tice, and not as a right, if the tcnour of his letter to the Judges were to be deemed a sufficient evident e of his intentions. That was the history of the law and the practice iu Ireland from the earliest periods, and it would be seen by that that it was quite inconsistent with the possibility of a right. On glancing at the old statutes on the sal jeet, some light might be thrown on it. There were two statutes quoted as bring the origin and foundation of the law of Sheriffs—the one was the Act of the 9th of Edward II , the other the 14th of Ed owfiarsdhLlilir. the-fie e rtin r i i y t I t l h ot i p ti o t le e r i o )u f j a s p n i c io j h u i t d m ge czt ‘tvoh il office he second it was express l y g i ven to the great officers of the Ex heluer C ourt. e A statute of Richard 11. made it imperative on tho se apeo i nt i ng cer tain oath Sheriffs in the Exchequer to ti,ke a ; that oath was taken to this day by the great offier.rs of the Exchequer. The owl] was not to be admini,tered to the Pui sne J udges, but by them. Now, t h e great o ffi cers o f the Exchequer: inclusive of the Chiefs of the - Court , arc Privy C ouncillors, and in t h at capac i ty a l one t h ey aepo i t it th e Sheriff s . That was further illustrated by an Act of the 34t h of H enry the Sixth. In t h e E xc h equer , on t h e 9th o f No vember t h e Puisne J u d ges pro d uce th e ir list, tad the Privy Councillors, us such, prick them off. Again summonses were Fent for that per , ose rot to the Judges, but the Privy Councill ors ; the Judges were there solely to give information. And the title of the list might be taken as a further proof of the.right of the Crown to the appointment of Sheriff.; for during a period of nearly a century back it ran as '''The Names of those nominated for Sheriffs by the Lords of the Privy Coun cil." The Jud- ' zes had no power as Jutles to nominate the. She riffs. If the law of England applied to Ireland in the sta tutes of the Edwards, which were granted to that country by P o y n i,,, , , k w, i t „. Fs . q uite clear it had not been acted ; 11-1 " lhore for in Ireland neithe r the provisions of that had oven observed by the Jud g es meeting in the Ex. cheque r , nor vet was of Ric h.ird the Second. re q uirin g an oath to &scheme the duty. N othin g was more clear than that the law had not in a sim ilar manner beer observed in Ire land. l E rela s n ho d u " l! b l e i o n n o i lie tte a d s . an tri 'l l e.il l s j d e c t o n u e 'l n ;: t t "i t A l i i i ( a E s t L a o l ß f l O C t h u l e j f A s z y N N or E d ß : h C a l f d t A e l i r n l : D e ‘ nded to vrepose a simil3r amendment if he had not been anticipated by his Noble ;t , ;(1 for simillr retP:"ns. th: bad great pleasure in supplrting it. Alters words fr.m Lora BROUGHAM, Lord LYNDHURST should have no objection to agree to the proposition of the Noble Marquis. Lord DENMAN 'should suggest the extension of the in quiry to England arso. The Dul;e of WELLINGTON congratulated the House upon the a , rangement they had made with respect to that very important subject, but he did not think it would be de sirable to mix up wills it the inquiry connected with the pro ceedings relative to the English Sheriffs, as that inqt:iry could be held separat.ly if it were necessary. The people of Ire land would feel themscl‘es under a lasting obligatiiml to his stiN, LoN oNT, DAY, A-uNrp, 26, Noble and Learned Friend -I . lr the inquiry, which cou!cl not fail t confer good service upon that country, by establishing a better st•stern than that which now prevailed. • The Duke of MG' HMOND said that it r.ppeared in Ireland persons were anxious for the office of High Sheriff, but the contrary was the fact in England, there they had the strongest objection in general to the appointment. There was great abuse connected with the subject in England also, mad he thou4ht it demanded inquiry as well as in Ireland. After a few words front the MarqUis of LONDONDERRY, the motion as amended was unanimously agreed ta. Lord LYNDHUR.ST had received a letter from Dublin to the effect that Mr. Gray, who had been alluded to in the course of the debat•., had recovered 2501 damages against a newspa per (the Dublin Evening. Post, we believe) for a libel which that paper had published in reference to those proceedings in• which he had been engaged. Their Lordships then adjourned, at Ten Minutes to One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. MUNICIPAL CO.RPORziTIONS (IRELAND) RILL (From the Void and Proceedings of the Zonse of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 25. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, 1.:( 1. Question proposed, ~ That the Bill be now read the third time :"--,,, mend ment proposed, to leave out th e wor d " now ," a nd at the eru, o f the Question to add the words " upon this day three months ;"—• Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :-. —The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 169. i Abercromby, G. R. —Stirlingshire- Lashington, Dr.—Tower rlaml. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth I Lushington, Charles—Ashburton Ainsworth, P.—Bolton LYncli, A. H.—Galway Alston, Rowland—Hertfordshire AP Leod, R.—lnverness Anson, (7olonel—Staffordshire I M‘Namara, Maj. W. N.—Clare Coq Archbold, lidocrt —Kildare Maher, Jno.—Wexford Co. Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Marsland, Henry—Stockport: Ball, Nicholas—Clonmell %Hill, Thomas—Galway Co. Aannerman, A. —Aberdeep Mink', lion. Fox—Elgin Burghs Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich ' . Maule, W. 11.—Carlow Barr', G. S.—Cork Co. Mildmay, P. St. John—Winchester Beamish, F. I3.—Cork Moriieth, Lord—Yorkshire Bellew, B. 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Lyme Milnes, II M.-Pontefract Noel, William M.-Rutland Patten, J. Wilson-Lancashire Peel, Right Hon. Sir lt.-Tainworo Pemberton, Thomas-Ili pon P,rceval, Colonel-Silzo Co. Pcrccval, - West Surrey Planta, Joseph -Hastings filimptre, John r.—East Kent Powerscourt, Viscount-Bath Prael, W -Aylesbury Praed, W. T. St. Ives Price, Richard-New Radnor Pringle, Alex inder-Selkirkshire Rae, Right Hon. Sir Wm.-Bute Richards, Richard-Merionethshire It . ckford, NV.- Aylesbury Rolleston Col.-South Nottingdam !found, lohn-Maldon Rushbruoke, Colonel-Suffolk Rushout, George Bowles-Evesham Sandon, Lord -Liverpo ,, l Shaw, Rt. Hon. F.-Dublin Univer. Sheppard, Thomas-Frome Sibthorp, Colonel-I incoln Smyth, Sir G. II -Colchester tatiley, Lord-North Lancashire Sturt, Henry Charles-Dorsetshire Sugrien, Sir E -Ripon Teigwootith, Lord - Marylebone Pennen , , J. K-belfast Trevor, Hon. 0 11:-Caermarthens Verner, William-Armagh Co. Vivian, John Ennis-Trut o Watld.ngton El. S.-West Sit ffoik Walsh, Sir lolt:'-Sudbury Wilmot, Sir J. E.-Warwickshire Wodehouse, F.dintind-Norfolk Wood, Colonel T.-Brecknockshire i Thomas-Middlesex IYJung, John-Cavan Lyme D'lsraeli, B.—Maid:tone Douglas, S;r C E.— Warwick I).:nbar, George—Belfast Duncombe, Hon. W.—Yorkshire Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate Egerton, W. Tattoo—Cheshire Egerton, Lord Francis—Lance hire, Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Ellis, John—Newry Eitcourt, 'l' G. B.—Oxford Univ. Filmer, Sir E.—West Kent Fitzroy, Hon. Henry—Lewes Fleming, John—l Tampshire FAlett, Sir W.-Exeter Forester. Hon. o.—Wenlock Frethfield, . ames William—Penryn , Godson, R.—Kidderminster Goulburn, Right Hun. bridge University Graham, Right. Hon. Sir It. G.,' Et. -Pembroke Greene, nomaii—Lanclster Grimsclitch, 'l.—Macclesfield GrimAon,ViTount—liertfordshire Halford, henry—Leixstershire Harcourt, 0. S.—Bucks flardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.—Laun ceston Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Heathcote, Sir W.-3. Hampshire I Icncage,o4.• W. —Devizes' Hepburn, Sir T. 11.—Haddingtonsh.' Herbert, lion. S.—South Wilts Ilinde, John llodgion—Neweast!e uonn.Tyne Ho , :gson, ltd.—Berwick-on:Tweed Hogg, J;inies Weir—Beverley Holmes, W.—Berwick.onTweed TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir Ttionms—Buck3 Baring, H. F.—Marltorough PAIRE Achecon, Lord—Co. of Armagh Adam, Rear-Adm. Sir C.—Clack- D OFF. N'orreys, Lord-Oxforcbdilre Ker, I rattA -Downpatriek Mordannt, Sir John-Warwickshire Williams, T. Peers-Marlow Vero, Sir C. 8.-East SoIII)Ik Borroughrs, H. N. -East .Norfolk Thomas, tolonel-Kinsale Wynn, Right Hon. C. W.-Mon•.- gotnerysliire Eaton, It. J.-Cambridgeshire logestre, Vi,count-Staffordsh;re • Bagot, Hon. W.-Denbighshire M ettliew, G. 8.-Shaftesbury Jones, John-Carmarthenibure Bentinck, Lord G.-Lynn Bethel!, Richard-Ymk,..hire Da er, Hon. G.-l'ortarliugton Peel, COI. Jointlian-llutitingdon Hill, Sir Rowland-Shropshire Quintm-Malclon Dugdale, W. S.-Warwickshire Lockhart, A. 111 Mal:crows., Rif:hard-Wells arnha n, B 11 - N. Leices:crshire FeHowes, FAlw.,-Iluntingdonshire Tollemac!ie, Hon F.--(irantliam liartichy, job Worcestershire l'ise.-North Northamp tonshire Canning, Right lion. Sir S.-Lynn ll.,ttin, A. R -Southampton Os,ulstoo, Lord-North IsTerthuin berlai:d Hodgson, Frederick-Barnstaple Joseph-Worcester • Conoity, Edward M.-Donegal • Parker, Mont.:ga-Devon Burdett, Sir F.-North Wiltshire St trmont, Viscount-P. rtlishire Irton, Samuel-Cumberland • Hawkes, Thomas- Dudley. Houston, G. J.-Renfrew hire ( .‘leynell, Captain II -Lisburne - Lucas, Edward-Monaghan" • Vcrn 'it, G. H.-East Bettiird Goddard; Ambrose -Cricklade Palmer. Robert-Berko Sinclair ' Sir Gerirge Caithness Wynn, Sir W. W. -I)enbighsnirp Knight, H. (1.-Nottinghainst‘ist Baring, W. 8.-North Stallbrdst•re 6lattsone, W E.-Newark-on-Trent Posvell, Co'onel• -Carclit;anshire lermytt. Earl-Bury, Sun,lk tvenport, Join -Stoke-upon-Trent Hope, 11. 'l,-11;1cm:ester Arbuthnot, Gen.-Kincardineshire llie, 11. D.-linniton J. 1) -Sudbury Harcourt, G. (I -Oxlbrdshire flrant, Hon. Colinel-Elginshire Jenkins, Bich:int-Shrewsbury Aside:, Cooper, Iles. A. H.-Dor. che:ter eand, W. T. -S Oct: nprtn-T47;-..t m2nnan _ Aglionby, Major F.—Cumberland Andover, Viscount —Malmsbury Anson, Sir G.— L ichfield ktinbridge, E. T.--Taunton ;allies, FA' 1 w•ird Baring; F. Thornhill—Portsmouth Benett, J.—South Wiltshire Bentinck, Lord Wr —Glasgow Berkeley, lion. C.—Cheltenham Bernal, Ralph—Roche ter B dkin, J. J . .—Uzlway Co. Bowei, John—South Durham Byng, George —Middlesex 11 iig , Right Hon. S —Chatham Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Campbell, W. F.—Argyle. ire Cave, Robert ()twat'— I ipperary Cavendish. Finn. C. C.—East Sussex Chalmers, Palrick—liiverbervie Chapman, sir M. L.—WeAtneatli Chetwynd, Major W.—Stafibrd Childers, .tohn W.—.Mallon • • Clayton, Sir William—Marlow Clive, L'alward 11.—lierelard Chute, W. L. W.—West No' fclk iirozdon, 1-1011. \V.— Aberdeenhire Hughes, W —Carnarvon - Courtenay, P.—Bridgewater ViLiers, V.Acount—Weymouth •;ta n I y, E4l ward —Cumberiat id Rieke, C. \V.—Leicester, South MaJhelv—S. Northumberland' Eabt, J3MCS huller—Winchester ' Glynne lade—Granthain Boldero, Homy G.—Chippenhain Calcraft k John Hales—Wareham Sanaersop, Richard—Colchester . C.—Northamptonsh. Clive, Viscount—Ludlow Chapman, Aaron - Whitby rlennikcr, Lerd,-East Suslhlk Pigott, Robcrt-Bridgnorth Foley, E T.-lieretbrdshirc it - elicit. Sir F.-Feat borough Owe,, Six J.-Pembfokesh nvileswell, W.-Tewkesbury Knox, Hon. Ti,omas—Dun g an nrea GI, mac, :1' S. ft --Eiattsliite Clt;ri , Sir G.-Stamford mg, Sir W -Beck. Fretor, John Min, t-Maidsteoe Gore, a J. 11-Car: , arvonshire Alford, Viscount-Iledfordshire Cole, Hon Arthur H.-Ehniskillen Cole, Viscount-,Fermanagh Master, Colonel-Cirencester Bruce, Lord E.-Marlborough fi Lord-Leominster "gerton, Sir P.-Cheshire Lowther, Viscount- Westmoreldmi St. Paul; H.-Worcestershite, Ea tt Polhill, Frederick-Bedford Christopher, It. A.-Lincolnshi:e Pollen, Sir .I._Andover W J.-Blackburn tiornhill, Geo.-Huntingdonshire dri , gton, C. W. -Gloucestershire Marton, Geo.- Lar.cas ter li.bson, Thomas-Ipswich Holmes, Hon. %V.-Isle of Wight Somerset., Lord G.-Monmouthshire Pr: din: w, Jan:el-Canterbury Wyndham, Wadham-Salisbury Mackensie, W. F.-Pecblesshire Granby, Marquis of-Stamford Shirley, E. J -Warwickshire Neeld, Joseph-Chippenham Fox, Lane-Beverley Lime, Ormsby-Salop He i a, Right Hon. J. C.-Harwich Wittaham, Hon. It. 8.-Lanca shire. - - Gasket!, James Milnes -Wenlock thmtlos, Marquis of-Bucks Tyrrell, Sir J. T.-North Essex I it zroy- Ipswich. Burrell, Sir C.-Shoreham Smith, Abel-Hertfordshire Baring, F.-Thetford Hein, Sir J. Rae-Dover Nlahon, Viscount- Hertford Pollock, Sir F.-Huntingdon Pcter-Carrickfergus pAi n jton, J. S.-Droitwich Max w Henry-Cavan Cooper, E; J.-Sligo Co. cnnox, Lord J. G.—W(t Sussex Le veson, Lord—Morpeth later, E. Conliffe—Bradford Loch, JainCi—Kirkwall Taggart, John—Wigton &c. Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle Martin, John—Tewkesinry Melgtind, Viscount —Elyt::e - Milton, Lord aLon Nagle, Sir 11.—Wcs h ('Brien, Cornelius—Clare 0 Connell, Maurice—TrAee Ord, W.—Newcastle-upoi-Tans Paget, Lord A Ifred—Lich field Paget, Frei .rick—Beaumaris Pattison, James—London PechelL Captain—Brighten . Pendalves, E. W.—W. Cornwall Philipps, btr R.—Havertordwest Philips. G. IL—Poole l'ii ney. W.—Lynne Regis Ponsunby, C. F. A. C.-1 oole l'omonby, Hon. John —Derby P .tier, IL—Wigan o ver, James—Wexford Co. P, ice, Sir 11—Hcrefordshi. e R m4bottotn, indsor oche, William—Limerick Lord—laristock S afford, E. A.—Somersetshire - S holefeld, ~ —BirminghAna bnelborne, Earl of—Caine Slaney, R. P. —Shrewsbury Sant:), J. A.—Chichester Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Somers, J. P. —SI ig o S•wirs. Alexander—Richmond Standish, Charles—Wigan Stanley, X. Mes.cy—Pontefract Stanley, W. o.—Anglesca Statist - I:Ad, W lb. C.—Huddersfield pAr.'ngways,* Hon. John—Dorset st r i c ki at ,2 Sir G.—West Yorkshire Stuart, Lon! J.—Avr Style, Sir Claar..'s S.'arborough aliourd, Mr. Ser,..^ant —Reacting Tovill y, Rd. G-o,:nbridgeshire Verney, Sir uckin„: hanishire Vivian, Major Charles—BcOnin Vivian, John Henry—Swanse.: Ward, H. G.—Shettield Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark Mater—ltadnorshire V% ir , ngton, 11. J Worcestershirf anington, rshirf White, Luke—t ongford White, Colonel H.—Longford I TO THE EDITOR OF THE ,SU2NI Sut—l shall be obliged to you to state that I was asked to pair by Lord Mahon on the Irish Municipal Bill, from half-past seven CH nine, which must account for my name not having appeared in the division list. Yours, &c. H. G. WARD. Mr. Langdale teas shut out on the division on Municipal Corpo rations. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.' TA TTERSALL' S-YERrERDA r. Prices were offetrd against several of the St. Lc-ter favourites, but. only four backed is any amount, viz.—lon (for 1001. ), Cob ham, Appleton Lad, and tl'e Hydra; the last two for about two hundred each. Cobham :door improved is the odds. The qu ,!a.. tions at the close of a dull afternoon were as follows TILE sr. J.EGEK. 5 to I agst Colonel Peel's lon-I..ffered 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—off.. Ted 11 to I agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Momus—tak. n 13, to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Charley Boy—taken 25 to I agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad—talen 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—tal.en 2.) to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's The Hydra—taken 30 to 1 agst Rosamond colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkins's Wee Willie—offered JULY STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Maeremma—taken 5 to 1 apt Bul - ark—offered 10 to 1 asst Sister to Ascot—offered 12 to 1 agst Bob Logic—offered 12 to 1 agst Reyid James—taken 500 even laid between lon and Don John. THE OAKS, 1840. 4300 to 100 laid against Mr. Theobald's f. by Mameluke, out of Bobadilla. There will be no betting on Thursday. EPSOM RACES, EllinAr, 1840. Match, 300, h. ft. Derby Course.—Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Milton, brother to Grey Momus, co st Mr. Theobald's c. by Tar rare, out of Bobadilla, Bst. 71b. each. GOODWOOD, 1840. LAST DAY.—Match, 200 each, h. ft.—Lord G. Bentinck's Dreadnought, brother to defender, asst Mr. Theobald's Bobadilla colt, Bst. 71b. each. BUXTON RACES'. ThURSDAY. The Buxton Plate of 50 sovs. each, for horses, t'.c., that never won that value ; three yrs, ist ; four, Bst. 61b ; five, Bst. 101 b ; six and aged, Sst. - 121 b. ; mares and geldings allowed albs. Heats, twice round. Mr. T. Walton's b. c. Goldhurst, 4 yrs Marlow 0 1 I Mr. Ashley's br. g. Clitheroc, aged Mr. T. James's br. c. Jim Crow, 4 yrs 0 2 0 Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Bay Alalton, 3 yrs Mr. Wyatt's b. f. by 13rutan4orf, :3 yrs Mr. Arrowsrnith's ch. f. Margravinc, 3 yrs Mr. Lacey's b. c. Van, by Vanish, 3 yrs ,.. ' 0 dr Van bolted when winning the first heat. GRAND ROWING MATCH. ___ The grand rowing match for a purse of sovereigns, given by Messrs. Charles and James Goding, the ale brewers, took place yesterday, and afforded a high treat to the admirers of aquatics. The prizes were on the most liberal scale, and the whole of the Thames watermen above and below bridge were allowed to contend, drawing as usual for stations and partners. There were enough of men chosen to afford a good day's play and induce some speculation in the way of betting. It will be unnecessary to occupy cur space with the names of the twenty-four competitors, more especially as they are not men of any great note in the annals of wagering. The match was with twelve boats (two pair of sculls in each), and the distance to start from buoys moored off the brewery, up round a boat off Lambeth Palace, ;town to the road on the upper side of Black friars Bridge, and lnish facing lie brewery. The rowing comrsenced much earlier than usual, and a barge was moored off Godings' for the accommodation of visitors; there were also a great many boats out, and a good sprinkle of company on the bridges and shores. The six boats for the grand heat were at their station by half-past four, and after a f a l se s t ar t wen t away, w h en pink had the lead, and dark blue was on her quarter, yellow was well up, and light blue right astern. After rounding the first station light blue nutrowed them all beautifully, and the men came in thus—John Kelly and William Deal (light blue), first; Henry Barrow and Alfred Abbott (pink), second; an . d the others close up. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. Nothing worth adverting to transpired here r:spet.ting the Committee on Joint Stock Banks, but the belief prevails that something like a pledp has been given by the Ministry to institute a searchin t inquiry i n th e course of the next session into the whole system of the currency. This fact, if true, may account for the little interest that attaches either to the proceedings of that Committee or tho,e of the deputa tion of bankers from Dublin, who have arrived here for thepurpose of opposing the renewal of the charter of the Bank of Ireland, because it is quite evident that if such inquiry is to take place next session, no decision can be come to in this upon the minor branches of the subject. Mr. Spring Mee would prejudge the Whole case, and tic up.hts hands from any measure whatever regarding the Bank of Ergland, the gnat criminal thereby intended to be brought to trial, if under such. clicuMstances he tither proposed any new law relative to Joint-stock Banks or t ntcred into an agreement fir a new charter with the Bank of Ireland The r,sult will necessarily be, therefore, that the former will remain as they were, and that the Irish Bank must be con tent with a tenancy at will for another year. The next Session will not be at all too early for grappling fairly with the ease of the Bank of England, as within five years more it will be at the option of Govern. ment to terminate the existing charter, and the Legislature will have to settle in:Ole interim not only the true principle of such a trust, which all late experience has shown ought never to have been confided to such hands, but to provide against the mischief such a Corporation might do, as an opponent to the State, even without its charter, should it be re. solved upon to withdraw it. Biddle's case, and the annoyances he was enabled to infilct on the United States' Government, after his charter was taken away, form a lesson to be deeply studied by those who are to take - part hereafter in this important question.--Times. Conyiighain, Lord A.—Canterbury Clwper, Hon. 'W. F.—Hertford Crawford, W.—London Crompton, S.—Tldrsk Carrie, Ra'ikes,-Northampton I).(vies,•Colonel—Worcester .Denistoun, J.—Glasgow Divett, Edward—Exeter Duff; James —l3anfrshire Dance t, Viscount—Southampton Duncombe, 'l'. S.—Finsbury Dandis, C. W. D.—Flint Dunitaf, Hon. .1. C.--York Dandas, Hon. T.—ltichniond Dundas, Frederick—Orkney Dunlop, John—Ayrshire Ehrington, Viscount—N. Devon Elwards, John—Montgomery !N ford Evans, Sir G.DcLacy—Westminstei );gins, William—Nprth Dcrby Fazikerley, J. N.-IPctcrborough Ferguson, Robert—Kirke dy Fitzgibbon, Hon. R.—Limerick Cu. Flekiwood; P. 11.—Preson • Fore, .I.—Clitheroe Greenaway, Charlea—Leorniwter Grosvenor, Lord R.—Chester =rote, rote, George—London Guest, J. .I.—MertY.yr Harland, William ( 11-tries—Durham flastie, Archibald—Paisley 1 lawkios, .1. IL—Newport, I. Wigli. ittithcotc, J.—Lincoinshire Cornt wa' te John Peter s. field , Edward—Grim , by Hill, Lord A. M. C —Evesham ifixiousc, Benjamin—ltoehestir !Whom!, Robert—Hastings Howard, F. 1-loughall Howard, I'. H.—Carlisle Howard, IL—Wicklow Co. Hutt, W.—Hull Hutton, Robert—Dublin • Jamei, William—Cumberland Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Kimuird, Hon. A. F.—Perth Langton, Col Gore—Somerset Lcf,vre, C. Shaw—North Hants lemon, :Sir Charles—West Cern wait VAUXHALL GARDENS. Ye.terday afternoon " that Columbus of the skies," Mr. Green, made his' first ascent this erason from the " Royal property" in the Great Nassau or Munster Balloon, on which occasion a grand Coronation gala also took place. Perhaps an outline of the estraetdinary preparations - which the proprietors of this sylvan retreat have made during the win. ter for the ascent of the before.mentirmed wonderful machine, which has now made twentymine excursions, including the unparalleled voyage from London to .Veilburg, in Germany, may not here be uninte res ing. At the extremity of the balloon enclosure has been erected an immense building .which is denominated the " Balloon Hall." It is of suite lent dimcmiens to allow of the entire infla. Bon of the balloon wit:rill its walls. The parade is most beauti. fully decorated with a sp:endid proscenium, 78 feet in height by 200 in length, The centre of .vbicis is entirely open, to allow the public a distinct and uninterrupted view cf the - procrss of inflation. In t tc t l e a s ng re. e another part of the premises the pi eprietors have wla s ale r u o t ; hde a g con of new gas. works of such extent ae supply the qin.ite for the balhon. It may also be wentioned that among other ad vantages to be derive, Irons the above improvements are the following Vise balloon being under shelter is protected "from the violence of the westhcr during the inflation, and the public are enabled to witness the process as well as to examine the whole of the epparatus, the ma chine remainieg in a perfectly tranquil state, and not rolling about from the sudden gusts of wind In such a manner as to foridd the approach even of the most courageous inquirer. On the occasion of any private or scientific asc-mts being made the balloon ran be kept inflicted and prov.ided well the time of ascending arrives, and then, shot:Lithe weather prove unfavourable, it can be taken back into the ball, the ea . retained, and weit in readiness for a propitious day. The doers were thin , : n open at fear, and at six o'clock there were about six thousand perso:•a assembled, including a number of the most distinguished of the haul 10.. t, who Were doubtless attrected on this oceasinn by the propitious state of the weather, and the variety bf the amusements announced. At seven O'cleel.",, after the ar. iangements of the numerous preliminaries, Mr. Green stepped into the car, accompanied four aspirants for aeronautic fame, viz., Messrs.' W. Huebert, SPeiker, Wight, and Boyd, and shortly atter ptilled the liberating iron, when the ponderous maci.ine stically arose Into the regime; above, taking a north-westerly direction. In the Rotunda Theatre a new vaudeville, from the pen of Mr. Thames haynes Bayley, was prodmed, entitled The Full Llouse. The principal characters were well sustaired by Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Agnes Taylor, anti Mes•rs. Fall Ledford, and Buckingham. It was throughout well received, and at its conclusion the plaudits of the company were leng and loud. The intiminations were on a scale of surpassing grandeur. The space inside the quadrangle forrnel one grove of light, at the ex tre, mil y of which was displayed a gigantic medallion Of her Majesty, beneath which was the word "Victoria," in gold-coloured lamps, and bouquets in variegated, and wreaths of laurel in green-coloured lamps, amounting in the whele. to nearly nineteen that , and, forming a coup &yea the most ;:leasing ; end a gzaed pyrsreelmical display, in which several entirely new devices bane been introduced; terminated the amusements cf the evening. CORONATION OF IlElt MAJESTY=-The most correct account of the Ceremonies of the Coronation of the Queen, illus. trated with Explanatory Prints, will appear in the Observer of SUNDAY, the Ist Of July, on which occasion only the Observer will be Two Sheets, and the pt ice Tenpmce. • The Observer will be kept on sate all the following week, v.t the °ince, 170, Strand, where Franks can be had Gratis; to send it to coy part 0 the United Kingdom. 4. Monday Af. teracon Edition cf the Cb.;ervcr is leg , l'a!ly • publizhcd, most dealt able for the Country and Foreign circulation. I II